The carrier cloud is a new class of cloud that brings together the data center and the carrier network for a differentiated, much higher value end-to-end offer. However, to realize the potential, the operation of the carrier cloud needs to be industrialized and automated. This way, the set up times of a networked cloud service can be reduced from weeks to minutes.
This is a presentation from the Network Automation Conference, Paris, June 19-21, 2012